On: US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/13/montana-ranc...

Better explaination of actual charges.

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So he gave wild goat tissue from Kyrgyzstan to a lab to clone it, then had it breed with local ewes to produce a hybrid to sell. That's certainly one sneaky way to get around animal importing inspections.

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Yes, better article, which also includes a picture of the "Montana Mountain King".

Would this cross-breeding be legal if conducted on a remote island with limited dangers of the introduced species to wildlife?